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SMC configuration
SD-WAN Manager configuration allows you to customize how the SMC components work.
Setting up the Web Portal
The Web Portal provides browser-based access to logs, reports, and Policy Snapshots for specific authorized users. The Web Portal is provided by the Web Portal Server, which is an optional component that you can purchase for your SMC.
Customizing the Web Portal
You can customize the look of the Web Portal and change the languages in which the Web Portal is localized.

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Link to the latest FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN online documentation.
About this Help
This online help was created for Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN, version 7.1.0.
Introduction to the Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN solution
Before setting up Forcepoint FlexEdge Secure SD-WAN, it is useful to know what the different components do and what engine roles are available.
Deployment
Before you can set up the system and start configuring elements, you must consider how the different SMC components should be positioned and deployed.
Setting up
After deploying the SMC components, you are ready to start using the Management Client and carrying out some of the first configuration tasks.
Monitoring
You can use the SMC to monitor system components and third-party devices. You can also view and filter logs, and create Reports from them.
Controlling Secure SD-WAN Engines
You can command and set options for engines through the Management Client or on the engine command line. You can also stop traffic manually.
SMC configuration
SD-WAN Manager configuration allows you to customize how the SMC components work.
- Administrator accounts
  Administrator accounts define administrator rights and permissions in the SMC.
- Alert escalation
  The SMC can escalate the alerts generated so that notifications are sent to the administrators through multiple channels.
- Domain elements
  Domain elements allow you to restrict which elements are displayed to the administrators in the Management Client and in the optional Web Portal. They also allow you to define in which administrative Domains an administrator has permissions. Configuring Domains requires a special license.
- Setting up the Web Portal
  The Web Portal provides browser-based access to logs, reports, and Policy Snapshots for specific authorized users. The Web Portal is provided by the Web Portal Server, which is an optional component that you can purchase for your SMC.
  - Getting started with the Web Portal
    Using the Web Portal, customers of managed service providers can access information about their systems.
  - Define Web Portal Server settings
    The Web Portal Server is a web server that offers end users access either through plain HTTP or through the secure HTTPS protocol.
  - Activate HTTPS on the Web Portal Server
    To protect the transported information from eavesdropping, you can encrypt the communications by activating HTTPS on the Web Portal Server.
  - Change Access rules to allow Web Portal connections
    If Web Portal connections are routed through a engine, you must change the IPv4 Access rules in your security policy to allow them. Web Portal connections include connections to the Management Server and the Log Server as well as end-user connections.
  - Create Web Portal User accounts
    The accounts for the optional Web Portal are defined with Web Portal User elements. It is highly recommended to create a unique Web Portal User account for each Web Portal User.
  - Customizing the Web Portal
    You can customize the look of the Web Portal and change the languages in which the Web Portal is localized.
    - Add Web Portal languages
      You can add new translations of the Web Portal interface labels in addition to the default languages offered.
    - Enable or disable Web Portal languages
      Web Portal Localization languages can be enabled or disabled through the Management Client.
    - Customizing the look of the Web Portal
      The Web Portal pages presented to the users are generated dynamically based on configuration files.
  - Write announcements to Web Portal users
    You can display announcements to the administrators who log on to the Web Portal. The announcements can be used, for example, for service break notifications.
- Using the Management Client in a web browser
  To avoid installing the full Java-based Management Client on each workstation that an administrator uses, you can run the Management Client in a web browser.
- Management Client downloads from the Management Server
  When the Management Server provides the Management Client for download, administrators can download and install the Management Client from the SMC Downloads page.
- Configuring the Log Server
  You can modify a Log Server element, configure settings for Log Servers, and recertify Log Servers.
- Configuring SMC servers for high availability
  You can install several Management Servers and Log Servers to provide high availability for the SMC.
- Reconfiguring the SMC and Secure SD-WAN Engines
  You can modify settings for Management Servers, change hardware platforms or the IP addresses used in system communications, change the type of certificate authority, and change the role of Secure SD-WAN Engines.
Secure SD-WAN Engine configuration
You can create and modify Engines, IPS engines, Layer 2 Engines, Master Engines and Virtual Secure SD-WAN Engines. You can configure the Secure SD-WAN Engine properties, activate optional features, and configure advanced Secure SD-WAN Engine settings.
Routing
Use the Management Client to configure static or dynamic routing, and use a Multi-Link configuration to manage and distribute inbound and outbound connections.
Traffic inspection policies
Policies are key elements that contain rules for allowing or blocking network traffic and inspecting the content of traffic.
Users and authentication
User accounts are stored in internal databases or external directory servers. You can use Secure SD-WAN in the Engine/VPN role or external authentication servers to authenticate users.
Virtual private networks
Secure SD-WAN supports both policy-based and route-based VPN tunnels between VPN gateways. For full remote access, Secure SD-WAN supports both IPsec and SSL VPN tunnels for VPN clients.
Maintenance and upgrades
Maintenance includes procedures that you do not typically need to do frequently.
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting helps you resolve common problems in the Secure SD-WAN and SMC.
Appendices

Customizing the Web Portal

You can customize the look of the Web Portal and change the languages in which the Web Portal is localized.

Add Web Portal languages
You can add new translations of the Web Portal interface labels in addition to the default languages offered.
Enable or disable Web Portal languages
Web Portal Localization languages can be enabled or disabled through the Management Client.
Customizing the look of the Web Portal
The Web Portal pages presented to the users are generated dynamically based on configuration files.

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